Box score  | Summary  
Iowa 28 Northwestern 17
 Team 1 2 3 4 T
 Iowa 0 7 7 14 28
 Northwestern 14 0 3 0 17

November 03, 2007 Ryan Field Final

 Scoring Summary
 FIRST QUARTER
 NW TD 12:29 Tyrell Sutton 2 yard run (Wildcats 6, Hawkeyes 0)
 NW PAT 12:29 Amado Villarreal kick (Wildcats 7, Hawkeyes 0)
 NW TD 3:32 Mark Woodsum 2 yard pass from C.J. Bacher (Wildcats 13, Hawkeyes 0)
 NW PAT 3:32 Amado Villarreal kick (Wildcats 14, Hawkeyes 0)
 SECOND QUARTER
 IOW TD 0:49 Trey Stross 20 yard pass from Jake Christensen (Wildcats 14, Hawkeyes 6)
 IOW PAT 0:49 Daniel Murray kick (Wildcats 14, Hawkeyes 7)
 THIRD QUARTER
 IOW TD 10:46 Albert Young 16 yard run (Wildcats 14, Hawkeyes 13)
 IOW PAT 10:46 Daniel Murray kick (Hawkeyes 14, Wildcats 14)
 NW FG 7:00 Amado Villarreal 42 yard (Wildcats 17, Hawkeyes 14)
 FOURTH QUARTER
 IOW TD 7:44 Damian Sims 2 yard run (Hawkeyes 20, Wildcats 17)
 IOW PAT 7:44 Daniel Murray kick (Hawkeyes 21, Wildcats 17)
 IOW TD 3:47 Damian Sims 8 yard run (Hawkeyes 27, Wildcats 17)
 IOW PAT 3:47 Daniel Murray kick (Hawkeyes 28, Wildcats 17)

 Statistics
 Iowa Passing
C/ATT YDS LG TD INT
Jake Christensen 21/36 299 53 1 0
Team 21/36 299 53 1 0
 Northwestern Passing
C/ATT YDS LG TD INT
C.J. Bacher 27/54 264 27 1 3
Eric Peterman 1/1 13 13 0 0
Team 28/55 277 27 1 3
 Iowa Rushing
ATT YDS AVG TD LG
Albert Young 16 59 3.7 1 16
Jake Christensen 11 -19 -1.7 0 7
Damian Sims 7 30 4.3 2 11
Team 34 70 2.1 3 16
 Northwestern Rushing
ATT YDS AVG TD LG
Kurt Mattes 0 9 0.0 0 0
C.J. Bacher 8 -21 -2.6 0 14
Tyrell Sutton 23 116 5.0 1 18
Eric Peterman 2 12 6.0 0 10
Team 33 116 3.5 1 18
 Iowa Receiving
REC YDS AVG TD LG
Albert Young 2 8 4.0 0 9
Paul Chaney 2 29 14.5 0 22
Brandon Myers 1 6 6.0 0 6
Tom Busch 1 3 3.0 0 3
James Cleveland 4 43 10.8 0 26
Trey Stross 3 91 30.3 1 53
Derrell Johnson-Koulianos 8 119 14.9 0 32
Team 21 299 14.2 1 53
 Northwestern Receiving
REC YDS AVG TD LG
Mark Woodsum 1 2 2.0 1 2
Kim Thompson 3 40 13.3 0 27
Rasheed Ward 5 54 10.8 0 21
Jeff Yarbrough 1 8 8.0 0 8
Ross Lane 3 67 22.3 0 25
Tyrell Sutton 7 40 5.7 0 13
Eric Peterman 6 52 8.7 0 15
Team 26 263 10.1 1 27
 Team Stat Comparison
IOW NW
 Passing attempts - completions 36-21 55-28
 Gross passing yards 299 277
 Rushing attempts - yards 34-70 33-116
 First downs 18 24
 Punts - average 10-43.6 7-42.0
 Return yards 10 11
 Fumbles - lost 1-1 1-0
 Penalties - yards 7-111 5-42
 Time of possession 28:39 31:21
Summary Back to top

Sims scores twice, leading Iowa to 28-17 comeback win over Northwestern

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) -Jake Christensen threw for 299 yards and Damian Sims ran for a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns, leading Iowa to 28-17 comeback win over Northwestern on Saturday.

Trey Stross had 91 yards receiving and a touchdown for the Hawkeyes, who rallied from a 14-point deficit for the second straight week to win their third game in four tries.

With home games against Minnesota and Western Michigan remaining, Iowa (5-5, 3-4 Big Ten) needs just one more win to become bowl eligible.

The Wildcats, meanwhile, blew a chance of becoming bowl eligible for the second straight week. Northwestern led Purdue 17-14 after three quarters last week, but was outscored 21-0 in the fourth quarter.

Northwestern led 17-14 after three quarters yet again against Iowa, but was outscored 14-0 in the fourth this time.

Christensen's 53-yard pass to Stross down the left sideline set up a 2-yard touchdown run by Sims with 7:44 left, giving Iowa its first lead of the game, 21-17.

Northwestern (5-5, 2-4) had two chances to put it away, but C.J. Bacher threw interceptions on consecutive possessions - one to Bradley Fletcher and the other to Charles Godfrey.

Godfrey's interception with 5:08 left led to Sims' second score, an 8-yard run that gave Iowa a 28-17 lead.

Bacher threw for 264 yards, a touchdown and three interceptions for the Wildcats. Tyrell Sutton added 116 yards rushing and a score.

The Hawkeyes trailed 14-0 after the first quarter - getting outgained 196-11 - but outscored Northwestern 28-3 the rest of the way to snap a two-game losing streak to the Wildcats.

After managing just 12 yards and no first downs in the first quarter, Iowa finally got a first down with 12:42 left in the second when Sherrick McManis was penalized for roughing the kicker on a Hawkeyes punt.

Iowa then scored for the first time late in the quarter, pulling within seven on Christensen's 20-yard touchdown pass to Stross with 49 seconds left.

Adrian Clayborn blocked a 34-yard Northwestern field-goal attempt in the closing seconds of the second quarter to keep the score 14-7.

Iowa then opened the second quarter with a 71-yard, 10-play drive to tie it at 14. Albert Young capped the drive with a 16-yard score, taking the handoff up the middle, juking toward a hole on the right and running untouched into the end zone.